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Meglumine antimoniate, amiodarone and torsades de pointes: a case report
1Department of Cardiology, Clinica Universitaria, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Resuscitation
|October 19, 1999
Abstract:
Pentavalent antimonial drugs used for the treatment of leishmaniasis have been associated with sudden deaths, probably due to the development of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Prolongation of the QT interval and ventricular tachyarrhymias have been described in patients on amiodarone therapy. We report a case of recurrent torsades de pointes following treatment with pentavalent antimonial drugs and amiodarone.